Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, speaks to the media before the opening of the Berlin representation of Google Germany in Berlin on January 22, 2019. Carsten Koall | Getty Images News | Getty Images Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company “strongly” condemns the riots that have broken out across Washington D.C. Protesters […]
Day: January 6, 2021
George W Bush to attend Biden inauguration: Spokesperson
WASHINGTON: Republican former US president George W Bush will attend the inauguration of Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in Washington on January 20, his chief of staff said Tuesday. “President and Mrs. Bush look forward to returning to the Capitol for the swearing in of President Biden and Vice President Harris,” Freddy Ford tweeted. […]
Reuters Editor in Chief, Stephen Adler, Is Retiring
The editor in chief of Reuters, Stephen J. Adler, will retire in April after 10 years at the helm of one of the world’s largest news agencies, the company announced Wednesday. Mr. Adler, 65, was appointed to the top job in 2011, after joining the parent company, Thomson Reuters, the previous year. He was a […]
Seattle Seahawks’ Jamal Adams says there’s ‘no question’ that he’ll play in playoff game
5:53 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — The biggest question facing the Seattle Seahawks this week actually isn’t a question to Jamal Adams: The All-Pro strong safety on Wednesday said unequivocally that he’ll be on the field for Saturday’s wild-card game against the Los Angeles Rams. “No question in my mind. I’m playing, man,” Adams […]
Roblox raises $520 million ahead of planned direct listing
A rendering of the in-game action from the hit Roblox game “Jailbreak.” Source: Roblox Roblox, the kids online gaming company, said on Wednesday that it raised $520 million in a private financing round and announced separately that it will soon go public through a direct listing. Late last year, Roblox filed to go public, but […]
Second doses have begun for the earliest U.S. vaccine recipients.
After Sandra Lindsay became the first person in the United States to receive a Covid-19 vaccination outside a clinical trial, something unexpected happened: She acquired a fan club. Half a dozen inspired youngsters in Lee, N.H., ranging in age from 8 to 12, each sent Ms. Lindsay a letter praising her for leading the way. […]
Twitter Limits Reach Of Tweets Stoking US Capitol Unrest
Twitter has started limiting the reach of tweets stoking an assault of the US Capitol. San Francisco, United States: Twitter on Wednesday began limiting the reach of tweets stoking an assault of the US Capitol by a mob intent on overturning the election results. “We have been significantly restricting engagement with tweets labeled under our […]
Violence on Capitol Hill Is a Day of Reckoning for Social Media
SAN FRANCISCO — On Twitter, users called on Wednesday for the company’s chief executive, Jack Dorsey, to take down President Trump’s account. Civil rights groups weighed in, saying action by social media companies against calls for political violence was “long overdue.” And even venture capitalists who had reaped riches from investing in social media urged […]
College sports must diversify racial and gender hiring practices
Editor’s note: Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality, expert on sports issues, scholar and author. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, many college sports have been postponed, cut or canceled since March. The world has been confronted by a racial reckoning that came about after the police killings of […]
